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Originally Posted by MFaulkCollector
One player leading one unit ….. cannot control the defense or special teams…… if his play is overall similar to what he’s historically done in the regular season… it means he can handle the playoffs
Like I said…. Brady, manning, roethlisberger……. Significantly worse play in the playoffs than their usual regular season performance…… this isn’t tennis or bowling where you control the outcome all alone… it’s a lot of moving parts
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I don't really understand the mumbo jumbo you're talking about re: passing rating, TD and INT %'s...but what I can and will say comfortably is that Rodgers is the biggest reason GB lost to SF last year, and played a MAJOR role in losing to Tampa in the NFCCG the year prior. The stats in those games are not terrible looking - nearly 100 passer rating, 3-1 TD-INT ratio. If you actually watched and remember those games, his missile lock on Davante Adams combined with his desire to take downfield kill shots rather than take the short passes given to him by the defense led to 10 total sacks, many of which were drive killers. Against Tampa, they intercepted Brady THREE STRAIGHT DRIVES. Got a touchdown on the first, then had two quick 3 and outs, each including a sack and a downfield home run shot. Underneath route runners were open on all 6 of those scrimmage plays. Rodgers cannot put his ego aside and dink/dunk down the field when that is what is presented by the defense. Against the 49ers, more of the same. Targeted really only Adams and Jones, left the 'unsexy' 6-8 yard throws underneath and across the middle to other targets off his radar. The result was 10 measly points. In 48 tries, guess how many times Tom Brady scored 10 or less in a playoff game? Zero.
Are ALL the post season losses his fault? No, not even close. But the last two he has been nothing short of craptastic. Recency bias is a real thing, and given his age...it's more than noteworthy. I don't see Rodgers winning another SB...